{"id":23462,"date":"2023-10-02T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/?p=23462"},"modified":"2024-01-06T13:04:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T12:04:45","slug":"from-astonishment-to-drowning-a-glimpse-into-the-technological-future-through-amaras-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/en\/from-astonishment-to-drowning-a-glimpse-into-the-technological-future-through-amaras-law\/","title":{"rendered":"From Astonishment to Drowning: A Glimpse into the Technological Future through Amara&#8217;s Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23462\" class=\"elementor elementor-23462 elementor-23428\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c7c22a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c7c22a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3142240 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3142240\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">49 minutes of terror<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82a258c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"82a258c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5806015 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5806015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hope had entered the sealed Yankee Stadium and was settling into her seat when something caught her attention. A single drop of water fell in the center of the field&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>As the clock ticked, the drop doubled with a silent but inexorable cadence. <span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: transparent; color: var(--theme-color-text); letter-spacing: 0px;\">Every minute, the field was submerged a little more in the water blanket, which was expanding in an <b>exponential growth<\/b> and generated <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var(--theme-color-text); font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align);\">a spectacle of breathtaking mathematical beauty and terror.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: transparent; letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 16px; color: var(--theme-color-text);\">After 45 minutes, a sheet of water covered just over 7% of the stadium. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: transparent; color: var(--theme-color-text); letter-spacing: 0px;\">By the 49th minute, the initial vision of a solitary drop had turned into an unstoppable ocean flooding every corner. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Kumbh Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: transparent; color: var(--theme-color-text); letter-spacing: 0px;\">The murmur of amazement from the crowd turned to a watery silence in the now totally flooded stadium. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: transparent; color: var(--theme-color-text); letter-spacing: 0px;\">Hope and all the spectators had drowned. The stadium became a reminder of the immutable laws of nature, a living lesson on the <\/span><b style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: transparent; color: var(--theme-color-text); letter-spacing: 0px;\">latent power of the exponential growth that awaits at the heart of technology.<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f7ec6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31f7ec6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc6e89f sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc6e89f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Yankke-Stadium-inundado.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23449\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Yankke-Stadium-inundado.png 936w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Yankke-Stadium-inundado-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Yankke-Stadium-inundado-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Yankke-Stadium-inundado-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Yankke-Stadium-inundado-370x370.png 370w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Yankke-Stadium-inundado-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Yankke-Stadium-inundado-840x840.png 840w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Yankke-Stadium-inundado-410x410.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7831824 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7831824\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f0aca2 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f0aca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Reading Calum Chace&#8217;s passionate book &#8220;The Economic Singularity: Artificial Intelligence and the Death of Capitalism,&#8221; I came to the context of exponential growth. This term is very illustrative of the moment we find ourselves about technology and its unstoppable advance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45c2b26 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"45c2b26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268dfd6 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"268dfd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Exponential growth<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28a1112 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28a1112\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382cc5f sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"382cc5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roy_Amara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scientist Roy Amara<\/a>, formulated an interesting premise related to innovation, <b>Amara&#8217;s Law<\/b>. It suggests that <b>&#8220;we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short term and underestimate the effect in the long term&#8221;<\/b>. This adage not only encapsulates a fundamental truth about the adoption and impact of technology but also offers a lens through which we can explore our expectations and prepare for the imminent future.<br \/><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var(--theme-color-text); font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align);\"><br \/>One of Amara&#8217;s contemporaries, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_C._Clarke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur C. Clark,<\/a> also echoed similar questioning, highlighting how bold predictions about technology often come true, not in the initial short time frame postulated, but on a more distant horizon. Clarke articulated that<b> any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,<\/b> alluding to how revolutionary technologies can seem surreal at their core, until they manifest and reshape our reality.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa25a61 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa25a61\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b8c3c5 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b8c3c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"936\" src=\"https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tecnologia-y-magia.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-23441\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tecnologia-y-magia.png 936w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tecnologia-y-magia-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tecnologia-y-magia-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tecnologia-y-magia-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tecnologia-y-magia-370x370.png 370w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tecnologia-y-magia-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tecnologia-y-magia-840x840.png 840w, https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tecnologia-y-magia-410x410.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1609e8c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1609e8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaad3c0 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aaad3c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The profound and transformative influence of technology<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91c0bcd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"91c0bcd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e05e1ac sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e05e1ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: transparent; color: var(--theme-color-text); letter-spacing: 0px;\">Exponential growth, a fundamental attribute of technological evolution, is often misunderstood because of our inherent inclination toward linear thinking. <br \/><\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var(--theme-color-text); font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Emerging technologies, from artificial intelligence to blockchain, are on a similar trajectory of exponential growth. Although it is difficult to predict the pace and magnitude of their impact accurately, <b>Amara&#8217;s Law <\/b>reminds us that while technological revolutions may not materialize as quickly as we initially anticipate, their long-term influence can be profound and transformative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The implications of this law are vast for entrepreneurs, innovators, and society in general. It requires careful thought and planning to navigate through the waves of inflated expectations in the short term while preparing to take advantage of the unprecedented opportunities that technology will unlock in the future.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-978ba42 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"978ba42\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-318e36a elementor-blockquote--skin-border sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"318e36a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tLet us not be blinded by the hypes of technology in the short term, but let us prepare for its transformative effect in the medium and long term.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eee6aca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eee6aca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92adaa3 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92adaa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: transparent; color: var(--theme-color-text); letter-spacing: 0px;\">History is full of examples of predictions that have been far surpassed by reality, and the era in which we find ourselves will be radically transformative for human beings<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Have a good week!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-312554a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"312554a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a8724a elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-24757 elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"4a8724a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/salvadorvilalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Salva_Suscribir-1024x484.png);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Salvador Vilalta Blanco Suscribir\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDid you like this content?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you liked this content and want access to exclusive content for subscribers, <b>subscribe now<\/b>. 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